Boudreau Named Year’s Best Male Athlete
Lou Boudreau of the Cleveland Indians edged out Bob Mathias in the AP end-of-year poll. Mathias led with 34 first-place votes to 33 for Boudreau, but Boudreau's seconds and thirds gave him the margin in 156-149. The piece notes other top finishers including Stan Musial Hogan and Doak Walker with brief context.
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Doak Walker
Southern Methodist
Walker
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Gene Bearden
Bearden
Charley Justice
North Carolina
Justice
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Joe Walcott
Ike Williams
New York Yankee
Joe DiMaggio
Wally Ris
Mathias Wins Sullivan Award as Youngest Recipient
New York January 6 195? Robert Bruce Mathias a Tulare California 17 year old Olympic decathlon champion won the Sullivan Memorial Award the year’s top amateur athlete with 201 first place votes from 525 voters and 1491 points Dillard finished second Verdeur third Wittenberg fifth Kurland sixth with Alline Banks Sprouse also noted in the ballot context.
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Amateur Athletic Union
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Jack Kelly
Philadelphia
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Bob Kurland
Seven Foot
Alline Banks Sprouse
Atlanta
Sam Houston coed longs for shorter dates and fashion plans
Huntsville, P A June McRae, an 18 year old Sam Houston College student six feet tall, tires of being tall and dating basketball players. She urges shoe clerks to stop selling flats and recalls common remarks. After graduation she aims to design fashion for tall women.
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Sam Houston College
June McRae
June
Clothes Still Out of Reach
The Daily Express notes a survey showing most Britons could not afford new wardrobes even if clothes rationing ended. Thirty percent would buy more clothing, sixty five percent have money spare, five percent undecided.
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London
The
Daily Express
Roswell Tonight Faces Coyotes After Strong Scoring Show
Roswell leads scorers with 39 points over four games as they beat Crozier Tech in two games and Classen in two. Stanley Maness led in the opener with 13, and Harold Henry added 12 in the later win. Coach Hull expects rugged action against the Coyotes in Roswell tonight as El Paso’s Tigers hover near even records.
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Harold Henry
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Neal Carpenter
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Don Ratcliff
Bill Burnett
Maness
Henry
Comets
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Coyotes
Roswell
Poe Corn
Cagers
Tigers
el Paso
Junior High League opens 1949 cage season across six schools
The Panhandle Junior High School Conference launches its 1949 basketball season with six member schools in action. Horace Mann and Elizabeth Nixson lead rosters as Sam Houston, Pampa, Borger and Phillips also field squads in a round robin schedule beginning this week.
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Tom Gilley
Bud Bennett
Dwight Ubben
Ray Bennett
Johnny Smith
Toby Dowel
Horace Mann
Vega
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Jimmy Albright
Sam Houston
Bill Teal
Rangers
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Tom Dowell
Sam Wilson
LeRoy Bennett
Bill Cook
Pampa
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Borger
Marvin Bond
Bill Davis
Tom Smith
Roy Pool
Jim Delaney
YoYo Newman
Floyd Jones
Miller J . O
Clayton Carter
Jim Morgan
P . Sam Houston
O—Pampa
Phillips
Samton
Pymoe
le Mann
Mat Boran
Anager
Il Houston
Elizabeth Nixso
Sam_ ‘Houston
Quiz Woman In Bribe Case Involves College Star
New York police identify Sylvia Brill as the woman decoy in an alleged gambling bribery plot to fix a George Washington University game. District Attorney Hogan seeks to determine if a national syndicate funded the $1 000 offer to co captain Dave Shapiro for a Madison Square Garden game. Aronowitz Klein Rivlin and Levy, jailed on attempted bribery charges, are tied to the case.
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U.P
Brunet
Frank Hogan
Hogan
Dave Shapiro
George Washington University
Madison Square Garden
Sylvia Brill
Joseph Aronowitz
Shapiro
City
Aronowitz
Philip Klein
William Rivlin
Jack Levy
Miami
Fila
Old Dobbins Has Revenge On The Road
In Vestal New York a saddle horse charged from a bank and smashed the front of Henry J. Bucher’s car as he drove to work in dim dawn. The horse leaped onto the vehicle then fled down the road with a triumphant tail wag.
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Henry J. Bucher
Bucher
Store of Service Sporting Goods Moves From Radiator
Local advertising notes a sporting goods store called Store of Service offering fishing hunting and outdoor supplies, inviting customers to visit and suggesting relocation from a radiator display to a more prominent area.
Rose Bowl Fumble Call May Stump Officials
Pacific Coast Conference official films show Murakowski's fumble near the goal line but do not confirm a touchdown. Coaches Fitzpatrick Waldorf Voigts will review the footage, hoping to clarify the controversial play that gave Northwestern a 20 to 14 win.
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U.P
Tommy Fitzpatrick
Lynn Waldorf
California
Bob Voigts
Northwestern
Art Murakowski
United Press
Murakowski
Baylor Defeats Parkers 41-37 in Southwestern Conference clash
The Baylor Bears rallied to beat Arkansas 41-37 at Fayetteville. Arkansas led early as Bob Ambler scored, but was fouled out late. Don Heathington put Baylor ahead with a field goal, followed by a free throw from Johnson and a final field goal by Bill DeWitt. No SWC games tonight as SMU hosts Texas and TCU visits Texas A&M at Fort Worth.
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Fayetteville
Baylor
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Ambler
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Texas
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Texas A&m
Fort Worth
George E. Barger wins Keyser delegate seat with slogan
George E. Barger a Keyser newspaperman realtor and restaurateur campaigned on George comes first and Mineral County second His facetious bid drew enough votes to elect the first Democrat in the war era and he used a public address system and shouted Let George Do It Meanwhile in London whiskey is scarce due to export quotas with gin rum and wines available port rising from 1 to 4 dollars this Christmas
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